I would try to link to all the songs I'm about to mention, but I don't know how, so until I learn how to to that, you'll have to find them yourself. We apologise for the inconvenience.
I like all types of music, I like to think that my tastes are fairly varied, but the other day I realized that I don't have enough happy music. I've been into Power-Pop/Pop-Punk for a while now, but when I listen closely to the lyrics, I realize that a significant number of those songs are really depressing. That's not to say I stopped liking those songs, but it made me think about how much I'd like to find more happy, upbeat music. So I thought, why not try to find people who know where the happy music is? I've been using Hype Machine for a while, so I thought I might try my hand at music blogging, and thus here I am.
I'll get the conversation started by mentioning my current favorite band, a group called Sherwood. Their music reminds me of some combination of Fountains of Wayne, Switchfoot and Relient K, while being completely distinctive. They've got an album coming out on March 13th called "A Different Light," which features a few examples of the type of music I was rambling about in the first paragraph. I would suggest listening to the song "Best In Me" and the title track to get a feeling for their music. Then for a change of pace, I might suggest listening to the song "The Town That You Live In" (from their previous album) as an example about how a song can be down-tempo and minor-key'd and still send out that positive vibe. (Some of those songs are available on their MySpace)
That's about all I have to say today, I'll try to update this at least once a week, especially if people actually start reading it, eh?
One More Good Song:
"Radio #2" ~ The Ataris (so long, astoria)
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